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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 22-3204723

Howard C Connor Charitable Foundation Eastern

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 12 grants and $120,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
John Doherty Eastern Bank
125 High St Oliver St Tower Ste 9
Boston, MA 02110
(781) 581-4215
Form and materials
Letter which includes financial data, activities of organizations, verification of tax exempt status and other pertinent information
Deadlines
None. Meetings are held in may and november none
Restrictions
Awards are made at discretion of trustee to new england area tax exempt organizations

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $120,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,757,820
  • Tax year 2023

    $105,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,690,687
  • Tax year 2022

    $105,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,661,825
  • Tax year 2021

    $100,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,649,490
  • Tax year 2020

    $95,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,597,506
  • Tax year 2019

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,529,746

Grants paid in 2024

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. All Saints ParishBrookline, MA

    General purpose

    $20,000
  2. Perkins School for the BlindWatertown, MA

    Program support

    $10,000
  3. Boys & Girls Club of LynnLynn, MA

    General purpose

    $10,000
  4. Rogerson CommunitiesBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $10,000
  5. Morgan Memorial Goodwill IndustriesBoston, MA

    Program support

    $10,000
  6. Mystic Valley Elder ServicesMalden, MA

    General purpose

    $10,000
  7. Samaritans IncBoston, MA

    General purpose

    $10,000
  8. Immigrant Learning Center IncMalden, MA

    General purpose

    $10,000
  9. Citizens Inn IncPeabody, MA

    Program support

    $10,000
  10. Mission of DeedsReading, MA

    General charitable support

    $10,000
  11. Mount Pleasant HomeJamaica Plain, MA

    General support

    $5,000
  12. The Open DoorGloucester, MA

    General purpose

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Human services3 grants $30,00043% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $10,00014% of the total
  3. Housing and shelter1 grant $10,00014% of the total
  4. Mental health1 grant $10,00014% of the total
  5. Youth development1 grant $10,00014% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts12 grants $120,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Eastern Bank Trust CompanyTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $6,183

The return

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